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2 Cores, 4 Threads @3.6GHz, Haswell.
Release date: Q3 2014.

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2 Cores, 4 Threads @3.5GHz, Haswell.
Release date: Q2 2014.

Effective Speed 
+0%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 85,133 user samples
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Best Bench: 67% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 34% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 1.65 GHz (avg)
Poor: 34% Great: 67%
SPEED RANK: 679th / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 55%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 63%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 40%
Jet ski
36,627 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 68% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 34% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
Poor: 34% Great: 68%
SPEED RANK: 674th / 1442
Gaming
Gaming 55%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 63%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 40%
Speed boat
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed 		55.1 % 55.2 % +0%
Average Score 
+0%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency 		73 Pts 73.3 Pts +0%
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed 		86.4 Pts +1% 85.3 Pts
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed 		152 Pts +1% 150 Pts
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed 		215 Pts 216 Pts +0%
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed 		224 Pts +0% 223 Pts
Overclocked Score 
+0%
Memory
OC Memory Latency 		92 Pts 92 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed 		101 Pts +2% 99.5 Pts
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed 		179 Pts 180 Pts +1%
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed 		265 Pts 267 Pts +1%
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed 		264 Pts 267 Pts +1%
Value & Sentiment 
+15%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.08 % 0.08 %
Value
Value For Money 		77.8 % 91.8 % Better value.
+18%
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		54 % +2% 53 %
Price
Price (score) 		$79 $44 Much cheaper.
+45%
Nice To Haves 
+1%
Age
Newest 		115 Months +3% 119 Months
TDP
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 		54 Watts 54 Watts
Cores
CPU Processing Cores 		2 cores 2 cores
Threads
CPU Processing Threads 		4 threads 4 threads
Lithography
Manufacturing process 		22 nm 22 nm
Base Clock
Base Clock Speed 		3.6 GHz +3% 3.5 GHz
Turbo Clock
Turbo Clock Speed 		3.6 GHz +3% 3.5 GHz
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed 		266 Pts 267 Pts +0%
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed 		224 Pts 226 Pts +1%
Specifications 
Series
CPU Architecture 		Haswell Haswell
Socket
Motherboard Socket 		FCLGA1150 FCLGA1150
Graphics
Integrated Graphics 		HD 4400 HD 4400
Launch Date
Launch Date 		Q3'14 Q2'14

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Conclusion 
Average Bench 55.1%
Average Bench 55.2%
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The Intel Core i3-4160 is a dual-core four threaded 4th generation (Haswell) processor. It was released in Q3 2014 and scores a respectable 91 for effective speed. With its base frequency of 3.6 GHz, the 4160 is fast enough to run the vast majority of applications smoothly and it’s very reasonably priced for its performance which make it a sensible choice even when considering building a gaming PC. Although the integrated Intel HD Graphics 4400 are absolutely fine for general desktop use such as web browsing and word processing they may bottleneck a gaming machine. A 20% price premium would buy the slightly older i3-4350 which has a 33% larger (4MB) cache but its only about 1% faster (full comparison here). Overall the i3-4160 represents the best value for money I have seen outside Intel's Pentium and Celeron range of CPUs. [Nov '14 CPUPro]

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The Intel Core i3-4150 is successor to the i3-4130 2013 Haswell processor. Looking at the 4150 and 4130 side-by-side shows that the only difference between the two processors is a 100 MHz base clock increase from 3.4 GHz on the older 4130 to 3.5 GHz on the newer 4150. The marginal 2.9% clock speed increase brings an equally marginal performance boost. Despite the academic performance gain over it's predecessor, thanks to its excellent single-core performance, the i3-4150 is still an extremely capable desktop CPU and will handle the vast majority of regular desktop computing without breaking a sweat. Coupling the i3-4150 with a discrete GPU will satisfy all but the toughest of gaming requirements. Only the lower powered but significantly cheaper Pentium G's offer better value for money. [Jun '14 CPUPro]

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